The original film concerns the titular forest sprite (tah-lay), who is one of the Huldra: siren-like creatures from Nordic myth. The Huldras' general modus operandi is to lure men to their deaths by sitting naked under waterfalls, but Thale has been captured for study by a well-meaning human guardian and imprisoned for some years. Upon his death, however, she's discovered by the crime-scene cleaners who come to scrub her cabin-in-the-woods, and her emergence from captivity attracts dangerous attention.

What we do know is that the new film will have a larger budget than its low-key indie predecessor. It will also be English-language with a view to reaching a wider audience: despite its quality and a decent festival life, Thale to all intents and purposes went straight to DVD in most territories, including the UK. The LA-based Epic Pictures group is shouldering the production this time, having caught Thale at SXSW.